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Tim Cook Wants Apple to Literally Save Your Life
Every time I visit the Apple Park campus, my mind flashes to a tour I took months before…
The Whole Story of How Humans Evolved From Great Apes
More than 2 million years ago, a mutation reduced the power of the chewing muscles in human ancestors.…
How Murderbot Saved Martha Wells’ Life
Murder is in the air. Everywhere I turn, I see images of a robot killing machine. Then I…
Relevant! Relevant! Relevant! At 50, Microsoft Is an AI Giant, Open-Source Lover, and as Bad as Ever
No question about it: Nadella’s Microsoft is a triumph. Finally, in the 2020s, Microsoft has centered on the…
Get in, Loser—We’re Chasing a Waymo Into the Future
A third-generation San Franciscan, Gabe says he grew up playing with Nancy Pelosi’s kids and went to high…
The Great American Microchip Mobilization
Under Donald Trump and Joe Biden alike, the US has been determined to “reshore” chipmaking. Now money and…
After the Election, California (Yes, That Hellscape) Will Keep Moving the World Forward No Matter What
Just take the area of gasoline-powered transportation. After World War II, when American car culture was famously getting…
‘We Were Wrong’: An Oral History of WIRED’s Original Website
Kevin: When we went to do the IPO, it was very, very clear that the digital side was…
As Schools Ban Phones, More Kids Are Using Smartwatches
“It seemed like I was opening Pandora’s box, when it wasn’t absolutely necessary,” she says of purchasing a…
Bobbi Althoff on Exactly How She Got Rich—and How Rich, Exactly
Well actually WIRED shares a parent company with Reddit. Good. Get rid of it. What’s the part of…